Repeating rifle.



No. 845,075. PATENTED FEB. 26, 1907.

H. FRENAY & H. GRAEVE.

REPEATING RIFLE.

APPLIOATION FILED JAN.19, 1905.

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HENRI FRENAY, OF LTTICH, AND HANS GRAEVE, OF HERSTAL, NEAR LTTICH, BELGIUM.

REPEATENG RIFLE..

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that we, HENRI FRENAY, a subject oi the King of Belgium, residing at 3 ltue Laport, Lttich, Belgium, and HANS GRAEVE, a subject or the King oi Prussia, residing at 8 Au ltivage, Herstal, near Lttich, Belgium, have invented certain new and uselul improvements in Repeating Rifles, oi which the following is a iull, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to repeating riiies or recoil-loaders in which the ordinary boxmagazine is replaced by a magazine consisting oi a tube which extends under the barrel.

The object oi' the invention is the construction o'l a magazine-stop ior the type of repeating rifles refl'erred to, the locking-lever or wnicn iuliils not only its ordinary wellknown unction or preventing the outermost cartridge trom leaving trie magazine or ci providing aiter having been put in pesiticn a counter-bearing tor this cai triage, but which, moreover, when moved iullils the important iunction ot pressing back into the tube, against the pressure or the magazinespring, the cartrioge which under pressure or' the magazine-spring projects beyond the mouth O the magazine. By being thus pressed back the cartridge is removed out of the reach ci the cal rier that lil'ts the cai tiidgcs into alinement witii the bari el in such manl ner that the weapon without interl'eiing with the action oi trie carrier can be used es a single-loader-that is to say, the cartridges can be introduced into the barrel by hand.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention.

Figures l and 2 are a side view and a longitudi nal horizontal section oi par ts oi a repeating liile provided with the new magazinestcp when out oi engagement. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal horizontal section ol' parts ol a repeating liile, snowing the new stcp when in engagement; and liigs. et and 5 show, respectively, a side elevation and a plan o'l the lever-stop.

In the example illustrated the new magazine-stop is attached to a recoil-loader on the Browning system, the magazine of which consists oi a tube under the barrel. it is iormed by the lever-stop s t, which is placed behind the outlet of thc tube m ci the magazine and is mounted in the side wall oi the Jframe g of the lock in such a manner as to be Patented Feb. 26, 1907.

able to oscillate horizontally around a pin u. The lever-stop is held rigidly in its most eX- treme positions by a spring fu, which prevents it l'rom being accidentally turned. The inner arm z, or this two-armed lever-stop eX- tends nearly as tar as the mouth oi the tube orming the magazine, and, acting in opposition to the action of the follower which pushes the cartridges out of the magazine, removes, when adjusted in the locking position, Fig. 3, the outermost cartridge p out of the reacn oi the carrier e. The outer arm S of the lever-stop is provided with a handle which extends sui'liciently beyond the side of the trame g oi the lock to be conveniently actuated by hand.

When the lever is out of engagement, the position of the arm t is such as to bring it in line with the imier surface of the frame ofthe lock, and consequently there is space for the cartridges to pass l'reely.

W hat we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by patent, is-

1. ln a repeating iirearm, a device for moving the cartridge which is adjacent to the magazine-mouth in a direction reverse to the direction of the feed, and for mechanically holding the cartridge in such position.

2. ln a repeating mearm, a carrier, a magazine having means for moving a cartridge into position to be engaged by said carrier, and a manually-operable device for moving such cartridge out of such position, whereby the carrier is prevented i'rom feeding cartridges from the magazine and the 'lirearm is adapted for hand-loading.

3. ln a repeating firearm, a carrier, a magazine having means for moving a cartridge into the sphere of action of said carrier, and a device for preventing the action oi such means, said device adapted tO move the cartridge out of such pos.tion.

4. ln a firearm, a carrier, a magazine having means for moving a cartridge into the sphere of action of said carrier, means for moving said carrier to bring the cartridge to iiring position, mechanism for moving such carrier and ming the cartridge, such mechanism adapted to permit said firearm to be loaded by hand, and a device for moving such cartridge out of the sphere of action of said carrier, whereby to cause the latter to remain inoperative when the firearm is to be loaded by hand.

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5. In a repeating iirearm, a carrier, a magazine having means. for moving a cartridge into position to be engaged bysaid carrier, and a manually-operable device for 'moving such cartridge out of such position, whereby to adapt the irearm for hand-loading, such device comprising a two-armed lever adapted to move horizontally to push the cartridge backwardlyout of such position.

6. In a iirearrn, a carrier, a tubular magazine, means for pushing the cartridges rear- Wardly therein, a two-armed lever arranged at the breech and adapted in one position to permit the Carrier to act to Vfeed the cartridge from such magazine, and in another position r 5 signed our names in the presence of two sub* zo scribing witnesses.

HENRI FRENAY. HANS GRAEVE. Witnesses:

J. Gaoss, Jos. LAPos. 

